#elginia

[fishsfailureson]

Thinking about them (Lystrosaurus)

[horrible-lizards]

Elginia, 1988

[dinodorks]

Elginia mirabilis 

by praja38

[veloci-raptor]

Flocking Together #13

Neanderthal

Kayentasuchus

Gorgonichthys

Elginia

[palaeopedia]

The Elgin's one, Elginia (1893)

Phylum : Chordata Superclass : Tetrapoda Class : Reptilia Subclass : Parareptilia Order : Procolophonia Family : Pareiasauridae Genus : Elginia Species : E. mirabilis

Late Permian (253,8 - 251 Ma)

60 cm long and 5 kg (size)

Elgin, Scotland (map)

Elginia was a pareiasaur; a member of a group of Late Permian parareptiles which normally grew up to 3 metres.

Elginia was a dwarf genus of pareiasaur, only about 60 centimetres long, with fossils found at Elgin in Scotland. Its head was covered in spikes, with the longest pair growing out of the back of the skull. These spikes were probably used for display rather than physical combat.